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ABSA ACCOUNT FROZEN

I recently received an email with this subject line: ABSA ACCOUNT FROZEN and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.

The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:

ACCOUNT SUSPENSION!
Dear Customer,

As part of our ongoing effort to protect your accountand our relationship, we monitor your account for
possible fraudulent activity. To that end, we are writing to let you know that our monitoring process has temporarily suspended your online access, This has been done due to the number of incorrect login attempts.
Follow below instructions.
According to above, and to ensure that your service is
not RESTRICTED PERMANENTLY CLICKHERE to UPDATE your records with us
ABSA SECURITY

The above email was sent by “M Vermaak” from this email address: koudma01@upol.cz

I, M, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “M Vermaak”: